This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below. Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help.
Summary
DescriptionWell smack sectional plan.jpg
English: Sectional plan of well-smack employed in the fresh halibut fishery As used on George's Bank 1836 to 1845 Drawing by Capt. J.W. Collins.
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/about.html#about_images Most NOAA photos and slides are in the public domain and CANNOT be copyrighted. There is no fee for downloading any images on the NOAA Photo Library. Educational use is encouraged as the primary goal of the NOAA Photo Library is to help all understand our oceans and atmosphere so as to be better stewards of our environment for future generations. A few photos in the NOAA Photo Library that are known to have copyright restrictions are so noted in the caption information associated with those images. Credit MUST be given to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce. Where a photographer is noted, please credit the photographer and his/her affiliated organization as well.
Other versions
File:Well smack sectional plan-enh.jpg
Licensing
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
You are free:
to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/PDMCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0falsefalse
Captions
Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
{{Information |Description={{en|1=Sectional plan of well-smack employed in the fresh halibut fishery As used on George's Bank 1836 to 1845 Drawing by Capt. J.W. Collins. Image ID: figb0005, NOAA's Historic Fisheries Collection Credit: NOAA National Marin
File usage
The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):